Programs aren't really free

What is the percentage of the concerned citizens in the state of Pennsylvania? Concerned about what you ask? How deep of a debt hole we are in as a county, state and a nation.

Did you know that if every person in the United States were taxed at 100 percent the national debt still could not be paid? So the next time you hear one of the main talking points of a certain political party saying tax the rich, just remember there are not enough “rich” people in this country to take care of you or the debt.

We are in very deep trouble and Washington, D.C. and little bitty towns all over this land are in for a rude awakening if these budgets and out of control spending are not addressed now.

We have two partisan political parties represented by our two U.S. senators, our two U.S. representatives, along with our three county commissioners and I’m not certain too many of them have a clue as to what is coming down the pike. They are all politicians and that my friends, has been one of the many problems.

If you had the sickening experience to watch any video of the disgusting behavior as the people exercised their right to assemble and protest while trashing the Capitol Building in the state of Wisconsin for days on end, you might have an idea of what is going to happen all across this country if funding is cut for all of these programs.

It will be chaos. Programs that a liberal progressive government has conditioned the people into believing are “Free and They Are Entitled To.” They are not free. Somebody has to work or create a business in the private sector, make money and then be taxed at an exorbitant rate to pay for all of these free entitlements and benefits.

One question. Who pays for cleaning up the protestors’ mess in the Wisconsin Capitol and the overtime pay for police? The taxpayer, that’s who!

Please don’t get me wrong. We as a nation need to provide for those who cannot provide for themselves, Social Security needs to be restored for current and near future retirees by the thieves who have robbed it over the years. The military forces that have protected this nation in the past and present need to be properly funded. As for the rest of you riding on the government / taxpayer dole, the jig is up. We are broke. We cannot be your “well that will not run dry” any more. We can’t afford your “entitlements” any more, sorry.

“The business of the town is still decaying, the taxes are not at all lessened, but continue very high. A great many of our industrious inhabitants are gone into the country, the burden now falls on a small number; and they are less able to bear it than ever. This number is still decreasing, the rich complain of their rates, and some have moved and others are about moving into the country towns, where they are greatly eased.

For my own part, I have a love for my native Town but as my taxes are so large, I am resolved to move my family into the country.” - Samuel Adams June 9, 1775.